Washboard.



H. BAKER. WASHBOARD. APPLICATION FILED AUG-22. 191a.

. 1,29O,349. Patented Jan; 7, I919.

WITNESSES [MENTOR m R g/ gr qr M A TTOR/VEVS HARRY BAKER, or DroKsoN cI'rY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHBOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed August 22, 1918. Serial No. 250,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY BAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Dickson City, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Washboard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are: to avoid breaking washboards when the rubbing portion thereof is constructed of glass, and to relieve a board of the character mentioned from damaging shock occasioned by accidental dropping of the board.

Drawings.

Description.

As seen in the drawings, the washboards" to which the present invention particularly relates are provided with wooden side members 7, a bottom framing member 8, and a soap-rest or panel 9. All of said members as well as the splasher board 10 are usually constructed of wood. The members 7 and. 8 are usually grooved to receive a c0rrugated glass panel 11. The panel 11 is employed as a rubbing surface for clothes being handled.

It is common practice with housewives and laundresses to place the washboard when the same is not in use, in a standing position resting against the side wall of the room, substantially as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Oftentimes from this position, the feet 12 of the washboard are knocked or slide outwardly from the side wall, permitting the washboard to drop violently on the back thereof, the shock thus imparted to the glass panel 11 oftentimes fracturing the same thereafter rendering the Washboard relatively useless or somewhat dangerous when used.

To avoid the damage to the panel 11 above described, there are provided two spring buffers 13, as seen best in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The buffers 13 are helically coiled to extend from the back of the board. Each coil has a bent bracket extension 14, the end 15 whereof is curled upon itself to form an eyelet for a fastening screw 16. The screws 16 are driven into the sides 7.

When thus equipped, the washboard may fall, or slip in the manner above described, without damage to the panel 11, owing to the fact that the shock of the fall is received uponthe spring buffers 13.

1. The combination with a washboard having a glass panel and wooden side members, of a plurality of helical spring buffers, each of said buffers having a bracket extension providing a fastenin eyelet for said buffer, and a plurality of fastening members for securing said buffers in service relation to said side members.

2. The combination with a washer having a glass rubbing panel and wooden side members,of a plurality of helical spring buffers, each of said buffers having a bracket extension providing a fastening eyelet, said bracket extension being upturned and extended in a plane parallelto the axis of saidspring, said bracket extensions and the upper coils of said springs forming alining recesses for receiving said side members.

HARRY BAKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Iatents, Washington, D. 0. 

